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Title
Socrates, Hope Street sculpture
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Rising on the Hope Street facade of Central Library, are six figures symbolizing the butresses of civilization. This view shows the figure of Socrates, symbolizing philosophy, a Lee Lawrie sculpture. Photograph dated February 21, 1927.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039890
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1145
CARL0000043506
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15352
Subject
Socrates--Statues
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Libraries--California--Los Angeles
Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Lawrie, Lee,1877-1963

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